Monday June 12th, 2006

7:00PM
musicWitness®: GENESIS & TESTIMONY (2006 - on the work of Jeff Schlanger)
Directed by Robert O'Haire. Edited by Jeff Burns (30 min)

7:00PM
DAVID S. WARE: A PORTRAIT (2000)
Directed by Arthur Cemin & Romain Wentzo (53 min)

7:00PM
RAPHE MALIK: REFLECTIONS (2006)
Directed by Michael Lucio Sternbach (15 min)

9:00PM
SAM RIVERS RETROSPECTIVE
Films celebrating the life and work of saxophonist Sam Rivers Concert footage and interviews from throughout his 40yr career approx. 105 min

Tuesday June 13th, 2006

6:30PM
Opening Invocation: David Budbill, William Parker and Joseph Jarman

7:00PM
Raphe Malik Memorial Tribute
Sabir Mateen (rds)
Roy Campbell (trpt)
Lewis Barnes (trpt)
Marshall Allen (rds)
Dave Burrell (p)
William Parker (b)
Warren Smith (dr)

8:00PM
Klaas Hekman Trio
:Klaas Hekman (bass sax)
Fred Lonberg-Holm (cello)
Veryan Weston (p)

10:00PM
Dave Burrell & Billy Martin
Dave Burrell (p)
Billy Martin (dms)

Wednesday June 14th, 2006

7:00PM
Rivbea Orchestra
Sam Rivers, tnr and sop sax, fl, pno, voc, comp.
Mike Iapichino, Tom Parmerter, Brian Scanlon, Dave Jones, (trpts)
Brian Mackie, Daniel Jordan, Chris Charles, Jeff Rupert, David Pate (rds)
Keith Oshiro, Dave Sheffield, Joe King (tmbs)
Joshua Parsons (tuba)
Doug Mathews (el. bass, bass)
Anthony Cole (dms)

8:30PM
Grachan Moncur III Quartet
Grachan Moncur III Quartet + Guests:
Grachan Moncur III (tmb)
Calvin Hill (bs)
Noriko Kamo (pno)
Richard Pearson (dr)

+ Guests The Philly Connection:
Khan Jamal (vibes)
Byard Lancaster (tnr)

9:30PM
Warren Smith’s Studio WIS Alumni Band
Warren Smith (dr)
Roy Campbell (trpt)
Andrew Lamb (tnr, fl)
Jack Jeffers (bs trb)
Howard Johnson (tuba)
Jaribu Shahid (bs)

10:30PM
Sam Rivers Trio
Sam Rivers (winds)
Doug Matthews (b)
Anthony Cole (d)

Thursday June 15th, 2006

7:00PM
Paul Rutherford Trio
Paul Rutherford (tmb)
Torsten Müller (b)
Dylan van der Schyff (dms)

8:00PM
John Coltrane Tribute Band
Roy Campbell (tpt)
Louis Belogenis (ts)
Andrew Bemkey (p)
Reggie Workman (b)
Rashied Ali (dms)
Steve Dalachinsky (poet)

9:00PM
Maria Naidu & Dennis Gonzalez
Maria Naidu (dnc)
Dennis Gonzalez (trpt)

9:30PM
Day & Taxi
Christoph Gallio (sop)
Christian Weber (b)
Michael Griener (d)

10:30PM
Bill Dixon & George Lewis
Bill Dixon (trpt, elec)
George Lewis (tmb, elec) & Videosonic Projections

Friday June 16th, 2006

5:00PM
NYC Community Arts Organizing: What’s Wrong in Gotham?

7:00PM
Donald Byrd Spectrum Dance Theater
Donald Byrd Spectrum Dance Theater
w/ Hamid Drake (perc.)

7:30PM
Hamid Drake’s Bindu
Hamid Drake (dms)
Sabir Mateen (rds)
Daniel Carter (rds)
Greg Ward (rds)
Ernest Dawkins (rds)

8:30PM
Rob Brown Quartet
Rob Brown (as)
Craig Taborn (p)
William Parker (b)
Gerald Cleaver (dms)

9:30PM
Billy Bang Quintet
Billy Bang (vln)
James Zollar (trpt)
Andrew Bemkey (p)
Todd Nicholson (b)
Newman Taylor Baker (dms)

10:30PM
Henry Grimes & Sekou Sundiata
Henry Grimes (b)
Sekou Sundiata (poet)
+ MIDNIGHT AFTERPARTY AT MO PITKINS (34 Avenue A btwn 2nd and 3rd)
Featuring Dennis Gonzalez and Friends! $5 w/ festival stamp $10 all others

Saturday June 17th, 2006

1:00PM
Ras Moshe and The Music Now Unit
Ras Moshe (rds)
Matt Lavelle (trpt, bs clar)
Tor Yochai Snyder (gtr)
Matt Heyner (bs)
Todd Nicholson (bs)
Jackson Krall (dr)

2:00PM
Yusuke Yamamoto Duo
Yusuke Yamamoto (vbs)
Ben Monder (gtr)

3:00PM
Matana Roberts' Mississippi Moonchile
Matana Roberts (rds)
Matt Bauder (tnr)
Thomson Kneeland (bs)
Tomas Fujiwara (dr)
Tyshawn Sorey (pno)

4:00PM
Lafayette Gilchrist & Hamid Drake
Lafayette Gilchrist (pno)
Hamid Drake (perc)

5:00PM
PANEL DISCUSSION New Orleans 2006: Understanding and Responding

7:00PM
Slammin' The Infinite
Steve Swell (tmb)
Sabir Mateen (reeds)
Matthew Heyner (bs)
Klaus Kugel (dms)
w/ guest John Blum (pno)

8:00PM
Roscoe Mitchell & the Chicago Quartet
Roscoe Mitchell (rds, perc)
Corey Wilkes (tpt)
Harrison Bankhead (b)
Vincent Davis (dms)

9:00PM
Joe Morris & Barre Philips
Joe Morris (gtr)
Barre Philips (b)

10:00PM
Jason Kao Hwang’s EDGE
Jason Kao Hwang (vln)
Taylor Ho Bynum (crnt)
Ken Filiano (b)
Andrew Drury (dms)

11:00PM
By Any Means
Rashied Ali (dms)
Charles Gayle (sax)
William Parker (b)